Roger Williams Announces 2015 Congressional Art Competition

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Texas) today invited high school students residing in Texas' 25th congressional district to participate in the annual Congressional Art Competition.

Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in each congressional district.

Winning entries will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. The contest winners will receive two round-trip airline tickets to Washington, D.C. to attend the unveiling of their artwork and a reception honoring the winners in June.

The 2014 contest winners may be viewed at the U.S. House Congressional Art Competition website.

All high school students residing in Williams' district are eligible to apply through his office.

The deadline to submit artwork is Friday, April 17th, and one winner from the 25th district will be chosen May 1.

All entries submitted must be: original in concept, design and execution; two-dimensional; weigh no more than 15 pounds including frame and measure 28 inches wide by 28 inches tall by 4 inches thick.

Entries may be:

Paintings – including oil, acrylics and watercolor
Drawings – including pastels, pencil, colored pencil, charcoal, ink and markers
Collages – must be two dimensional
Prints – including lithographs, silkscreen and block prints
Mixed Media – use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor
Computer Generated Art
Photographs

Release forms and guidelines can be found on my website: /services/art-competition.

For additional information, please contact Robert Camacho in Congressman Williams' Cleburne district office at 817-774-2575.

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